Karel J. Bossart
The Father of Atlas Rocket
Frank Borman
Commanded Apollo 8, the first mission to circumnavigate the Moon. Colonel Frank F. Borman II commanded the record-breaking, fourteen-day Gemini VII mission in 1965. In December 1968, he was commander […]
Chesley K. Bonestell
Chesley Bonestell was an artist and illustrator who created paintings depicting astronomical scenes and space flight explorations decades before the first manned missions. Bonestell’s paintings electrified generations of space enthusiasts: […]
Charles F. Bolden Jr.
Charles Bolden, Jr. was born on August 19, 1946, in Columbia, South Carolina. The son of two educators, he graduated from C.A. Johnson High School in Columbia in 1964. He […]
Guion S. Bluford Jr.
Dr. Guion S. “Guy” Bluford, Jr. became a NASA astronaut in August 1979. A veteran of four space flights, Bluford was a mission specialist on STS-8 in 1983, STS-61A in […]
Anatoli A. Blagonravov
Helped launch Sputnik and worked on USA/USSR cooperation in Space Soviet scientist Anatoli Arkadyevich Blagonravov (1894-1975) was one of the key scientists responsible for the world’s first man-made satellite, Sputnik […]
Alan L. Bean
Piloted the lunar module on Apollo 12, the second lunar landing mission. Alan L. Bean was born in Wheeler, Texas, on March 15, 1932. He graduated from Paschal High School […]
Neil A. Armstrong
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the Moon. He landed the Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle on the lunar Sea of Tranquility, […]
Anousheh Ansari
Anousheh Ansari is Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Prodea Systems. As she launched her company on September 1 8, 2006, she also blasted off for an eight-day expedition aboard […]
Clinton P. Anderson
Senator from New Mexico, instrumental in obtaining funds for U.S. space program. Clinton P. Anderson was born in Centerville, South Dakota, on October 23, 1895, the son of a farmer. […]